The Psychedelic Send-Up Bond: The 1967 Casino Royale
Few movies have wasted as much talent as the 1967 film adaptation of Casino Royale. Let’s see, we have David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Orson Welles and …
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(Black) Knights in White Satin: The Strange Early Life of Dane Whitman
As probably everyone reading this knows by now, The Eternals introduces us to the MCU’s Dane Whitman, AKA the Black Knight. It’s one case where cutting out some of the …
Question of the Week: What is your favorite great movie by a ‘not-so-great’ director?
Let’s check out some movies!
I may have broken a lifelong habit. That’s a shame
So last weekend I watched No Time to Die via a Netflix DVD, and I enjoyed it. I’m not a huge fan of Craig’s run but with some minor quibbles, …
Another Review: The Eternals (MCU)
The Eternals has a reputation as the MCU’s worst movie; but is it deserved?
Satire Is What Closes on a Saturday Night
As part of my research for The Aliens Are Here (which McFarland has settled on as the title for what I’ve been calling Alien Visitors), I rewatched the cheerfully deranged …
Our place in the universe
In the course of writing Alien Visitors I spent a lot of time with Keep Watching the Skies, Bill Warren’s landmark book on 1950s SF movies. One observation Warren makes is …